Mary Pattillo
Department of Black Studies; Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and Black Studies; Institute for Policy Research Faculty Affiliate
B.A. in Urban Studies, Columbia University
Curriculum Vitae
- m-pattillo@northwestern.edu
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Research Interests:
Urban Sociology
Black Middle Class
Race and Policy
Housing
Ethnography
Urban Education
Criminal Legal Studies
Research:
See the Sociology Faculty page.
Recent Awards:
2026, Robert and Helen Lynd Award for Lifetime Achievement, Community and Urban Sociology Section, American Sociological Association
2026, Joseph Himes Award for Lifetime Achievement, Association of Black Sociologists
2020, Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019-20, Fulbright and ICETEX Scholar, Colombia, South America
2018, Weinberg College Community Building Award
2008, Robert E. Park Award for Best Book in Community and Urban Sociology from the American Sociological Association
2004, Named Northwestern University Arthur Andersen Research and Teaching Professor
2000, Oliver Cromwell Cox Best Book Award, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section, American Sociological Association
2000, Outstanding Academic Book Award, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Recent Book Publications:
Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City , University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Imprisoning America: The Social Effects of Mass Incarceration , Mary Pattillo, David Weiman, and Bruce Wester, eds. Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2004.
Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class , Pattillo-McCoy, Mary. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.